OBJECTIVE

• Over Six (6 +) years of extensive hands on experience” High potential Software Test Engineer” in diversified fields of the Software Development Life Cycle, specialized in, Quality Assurance Process, Software Testing, Verification, Validation and Reporting across multiple platforms. Seeking for a position as a QA Software Tester/Analyst to utilize my expertise and further knowledge.

SUMMARY

• Extensively experienced in QA Testing of Web Applications, Client Server, and Database.
• Experienced in working with clients for gathering requirements and done analysis on ambiguities found.
• Proficient in Writing Test Plans & Test Cases and documentation of test results.
• Experienced in writing automated Test scripts, designing Test procedures, Manual Test cases.
• Familiar with AGILE, Scrum, RUP/Iterative and Waterfall methodology.
• Expert in implementing the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for the testing life cycle to follow the Standards involved in the process of the application.
• Proficient in Smoke Testing, Functionality Testing, Integration Testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Regression Testing, Sanity Testing, Database Testing, User acceptance testing (UAT) for Web based and Client/Server applications.
• Strong software skills, good experience with VB Scripting, C, Object Oriented Programming, C#, ASP.Net and Core Java.
• Experienced in developing Test Scripts for manual testing and automated those using ALM, Quality Center, Test Director and QTP.
• Extensive work experience and expertise in Black Box testing.
• Expertise in Bug Reporting, Tracking and Documentation using ALM/Quality Center (QC)/Test Director.
• Experienced in developing Test cases from Business Requirements in ALM/HP Quality Center.
• Experienced in performing Back end testing by writing and executing SQL queries
• Expert in using HP Quick Test Professional (QTP) for front - end, functionality, integration, security, system, data driven and regression testing.
• Experienced in enhancing the QTP scripts by inserting VBScript functions and Checkpoints.
• Expertise in developing Data driven Framework, Keyword driven Framework and Hybrid Framework using QTP.
• Highly analytical in developing the methods and measures to meet requirements and solve any issues that arise during the project.
• Possesses excellent communication, documentation and organization skills with the ability to adapt to a new environment & meet stringent deadlines.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: ALM, HP Quality Center, HP UFT/ Quick Test Professional, SOAP UI, Test Director, TOAD, JIRA

Programming Language: C/C++, .Net, Java, T-SQL, PL/SQL, VB Script, JavaScript

Data Base: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL

Operating System: Windows, Unix/Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chevy Chase, MD

Sr. Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Creating Test Plan and Test Cases as per Requirements and FRD guide.
• Interacted closely with business customers and technical peers in the system analysis process and developed requirements that facilitate testing.
• Interacted with developers and functional team to discuss the design and testing scenarios of the application.
• Participated in planning all testing activities accordingly to ensure on time deliverables are met.
• Developed Test conditions and Test Cases for User Acceptance Testing and executed test case scenarios.
• Participated in Test Readiness Reviews, as necessary; assisted in the preparation of test estimates and project schedules.
• Uploaded the automation scripts to Quality Center and executed them from Test Lab module of ALM.
• Used ALM for bug tracking and reporting, also followed up with the development team to verify bug fixes2 and update bug status.
• Generated detailed bug reports, pass-fail reports and comparison charts using ALM.
• Performed back end validations using SQL statements against Oracle Database.
• Developed and maintained Test scripts for automating the testing procedure using QTP/UFT.
• Performed functional and regression testing by using Quick Test Professional (QTP); Performed Regression testing by using various checkpoints.
• Wrote VB Script, developed Custom Functions, Dictionary Objects, used Descriptive Programming by QTP/UFT.
• Performed Data Driven test using Quick Test Professional to test application for various set of records.
• Performed QA Tester task for evaluating newly developed Beta applications.
• Involved in scheduling project schedule and testing time line for off shore teams.

Environment: UFT/QTP, ALM, VBScript, UNIX, Oracle, SQL Server, PL/SQL, SOAP UI, MS Office, XML, Windows.

Confidential, Franklin, TN

QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements with Customers and business analysts, to make sure the testing covers all different scenarios of testing.
• Involved in creating Test plans, for different components within the project.
• Created Test cases, Mockups, Process Flow diagrams from the functional documents.
• Created RTM Matrix, ensured the Test Planning, Testing Strategy, Test cases, Flows are capturing and covering all the Functional/Non Functional requirements.
• Worked with the development team in creating environment and loading and migrating data.
• Performed various kinds of testing, such as Exploratory, Smoke, Regression, Integrated, System, Backend validation, End to End, UAT.
• Used Quality Center for Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution and Requirement Mapping with Test Cases.
• Created Test Cases and scenarios for Defect tracking and reporting using Quality Center.
• Logged new bugs; tracked and updated the status of previously filed bugs. Prioritized and retested the bugs in Quality Center; Participated in the daily bug meeting.
• Performed Back-end data base testing using SQL quires.
• Created Regression suite for various test scenarios. Tested and executed the suite whenever a code was changed using Quick Test Professional (QTP).
• Generated Quick Test Pro master scripts and called different functions and checked for different properties for the recorded objects. Introduced synchronization functions, Wait functions in the scripts.
• Developed Descriptive Programming and Maintained Local and Global Object Repository in QTP.
• Worked as liaison between users and development team by answering questions around usage, functionality and requirements.

Environment: Java, SQL server, HP Quality Center, QTP, Windows and Oracle.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Software Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in implementation and upgrade of the client/server and web based applications.
• Performed GUI, Ad-hoc, Functional, Regression, System, UAT, Interface, Back end and Integration Testing.
• Designed test steps, generated test templates, created requirement coverage and imported test cases in Quality Center.
• Reported defects using Quality Center to the development team and followed up for the defects.
• Prepared test data and test results for data driven method; executed action based scripts from Quality Center.
• Involved in validating the data, which has been populated into database tables using SQL Queries.
• Created SQL queries to check the database integrity.
• Developed Automated Scripts using QTP for functionality and regression testing.
• Parameterized the script by entering different sets of data using QTP.
• Performed trouble-shooting tasks of various problems during design & development phase of automation scripts.
• Participated in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of testing.
• Communicated defects encountered during Regression Test and followed-up with developers until all issues were resolved.
• Worked closely with programmers to ensure proper implementation of tests, provided feedback, and documented test results.
• Documented the results of testing using the projects defect tracking system and provides input to the Software Test Report for each release.
• Wrote basic commands in UNIX to start/stop services, copying and reading log files.
• Uncovered defects and followed-up with development team and customers.

Environment: Quality Center, QTP, Windows, UNIX, Java, Java Script, TOAD, Oracle.